US Patent Issued to KNDS FRANCE on Feb. 24 for "Assembly for positioning and keeping in position a projectile in a stretcher and loading-aid device comprising such an assembly" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,393, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to KNDS FRANCE (Versailles, France).

"Assembly for positioning and keeping in position a projectile in a stretcher and loading-aid device comprising such an assembly" was invented by Maxime Collard (Bourges, France) and Ludovic Dupont (Bourges, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a rammer (1) for positioning an artillery shell, the rammer (1) comprising a stretcher (2) intended to receive the shell and guide it in translation, the rammer (1) being characterized in that it comprises a pusher (4) which can be driven in a reciprocating movement along the stretcher (2), reci...